Saturday, December 22, 2012

The 'Craziest Man On Earth' - Best Headline Ever ...

So while it’s easy for us Canadians to watch in horror as the NRA
spouts nonsense, perhaps we should take note of the fact that the
nonsense was carefully salted with phrases like “national media machine”
and “the press and political class here in Washington.” That’s not
accidental. The NRA is not even trying to fight reason with reason.

The
sales job goes like this: Never mind what the elites say. Never mind
the studies, the differences among countries that suggest policy might
matter. There’s no way to prevent or reduce violence so the only answer
is to arm the “good guys.” There are monsters out there. Buy a gun. And
stick it to those people in Washington who don’t know anything about
real life.As Taylor said, it’s absurd. I hope, I really hope,
that it’s one gamble too far for the NRA. Maybe there is a limit to what
somebody can sell in populist packaging. I hope reason will prevail.But I fear that the NRA knows exactly what it’s doing.